Strengthening Your Social Biome with Jeffrey A. Hall
This Changes Everything with Sarah Rice
Sarah Rice - Wave Podcast Network
4.6 • 884 Ratings
🗓️ 20 March 2025
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
How do our everyday conversations shape our well-being? This week, Sarah talks with Jeffrey A. Hall, co-author of The Social Biome and an expert in communication. Jeff shares how everything from deep friendships to quick chats can influence our happiness, connection, and mental health. Whether you love striking up conversations or dread small talk, this episode will help you build a stronger social diet and find joy in your daily interactions.
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| 0:56.9 | Now, let's dive right in. |
| 1:04.3 | Hello, friends, and welcome once again to everybody's favorite therapy theme podcast. |
| 1:07.7 | I'm your host, Sarah. |
| 1:08.6 | And today, we are talking about the power of everyday communication, |
| 1:12.6 | how the conversations we have big and small shape our relationships, our mental health, and even our |
| 1:17.6 | overall well-being. And joining me is Professor Jeffrey A. Hall. He says only his mother calls him |
| 1:23.1 | Jeffrey. So Jeff A. Hall, he's the co-author of the book, The Social Biome, and an expert in communication, and he's spent years studying how our daily interactions from deep friendships to quick chit-chats affect our happiness and connection and even our mental health. |
| 1:38.8 | So whether you love chatting with strangers or avoid small talk like the plague this is a great conversation for you |
| 1:45.5 | we're going to explore what makes a strong social diet how to build better relationships |
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